The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-14
4 sermon.

We do not mean To trench on the
chosen ground Of Or. Black, Dr. King
DR.. Bishop or Or. Ilalscll, but we
mean to preach a short sermon for all
that. We have chosen a sort of sliding
sca,c text, and we cannot give the ex-
act book i'm which 1t Is written. In
fact we rather think 1t is only written
in the hearts of men, but whether in
all mems hearts we cannot undertake
to say. Formulated it might read
"forgive aud forget" or do unto
Others as you would have them do
unto you" or 1t might read, at Is
human to err but IL Is divine to for
give" Now what we want to say Is
this We want to be forgiven for
winning great victory for the right,
or at least what we religiously believe
to have been TOR the right, on the 18th
of August Now Bros. Carroll and
Bishop although always reading The
EXAMINER at the mi nisterial rate-5O
per cent oil--and apparently with en-
joymcnt, have both stree the election
visited the Office and ordered their
papers discontinued. 1t is not the
loss OF the revenue " hich aillicts us,
because at fifty cents per month we
lose money So In financial sense
tho discontinuanc Is relief. But
we feel sorry, Inundated and
all broken up to think that these
discontinuances represent a species of
disapprobation of the paper which we
find 1t grievous to bear. We have so
often worked in harness with these
gentlemen, the one when the NJ. f.
church was in it's formative stage and
struggling for funds TO build it's beau
tiful Fifth street temple, and in build
Ing up The Female college, etc, as well
as in tho general cause oftempe rance,
purity OF lite and living obedience to
the laws, against vice OF all kinds; and
the other, in ell enterprises in which
the Baptist church has engaged, in
Guiding its splendid new Baylor
Waco university; that we feel hurt
and sore now TO be thus violently sew
cred because of simple political diff.
terci ccs. We claim the same honest
convictions OF duty for rursclf that
We freely accord to them, and we feel
also that this will be accorded by
every fair minded man who knows
both parties TO this severance.
We are not alarmed because this
Withdrawal is likely to very seriously
cripple us. 1t Is tbs withdrawal of
tLolg 1T Of the approving countenance
and the feeling that, somehow or
other, we have have been eXcommu-
nicatei, not "a the News had the Pope
to read MoGlynn out OF the church, but
differing II ON that only in degree.
OF course we do not mean that these
gentlemen have not the right to do as
they Lave done, or as Professor Roun-
savall did dO--clCct AS to the paper
they prefer, but after enjoying all the
benefits the paper has been able to
confer i'll the past, and praising as
well as pa,roniIing it all these wears,
to have these stoppagcs now. The
Inference in plain rs to the cause, and
it also seems equally plain that there
IL bit of an understanding. All we
want to know Is that this exists, and
that these causes are properly stated.
We Know exactly what to do in case
our surmisc is correct. But we do
not want to do injustice even in
thought. There is so much depends
ing. The advantages OF the "entcntc
cordiale" are SO many. aud its mutu-
ality so we'll established that we
would not see il disturbed upon any
prctcXt, or tor any purpose. Then,
too. this sort of petty revenge Is so
the ambassadors of the
King OF Peace that we refuse to be-
lieve that ii was done with a vengetul
feeling. Surely these great Christian
ministers would never think of at
to bend paper to their
ways by such corrective as this
would seem to be.
Now our advice would be 10 use
This bright August Sunday morning in
m attempt 10 be quit OF all such feel
ng, in sn earnest attempt to heal the
wounds of our late contest. We must
lot forget that the people have souls
o save even if they did vote nearly
n hundred thousand strong against
he political craze to which these
everend gentlemen were committed.
Tod loves their sous just AS well as
yer and his faithful ministers dare
ot east them over in any such way rs
his. Forgive and forget is the ticket
ow. 1t is good sound worldly policy |